Severance uses distinct color palettes: muted, sickly greens and blues for the severed floor; warm, natural tones for the outside world. In Episode 4, during the "Break Room" sequence, the walls are a leprous shade of mint green. In a low-quality rip, this looks beige. In the encode, the specific desaturation and the subtle flicker of the overhead fluorescent lights are preserved, creating the intended nausea in the viewer.